Speed skater Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands is a really bad sport

Not so well done: Sjinkie Knegt gives Victor An the finger (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Coming second is very rarely fun, but Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands took bad sportsmanship to a new level by firing a two-fingered salute at his rival who pipped him to the speed skating championships in Dresden.

Seconds after Viktor Ahn had swept Russia to glory in Germany; Knegt was pictured making the offensive gesture behind his rival’s back, which unsurprisingly earned him and his team a disqualification from the event.

Clearly the art of a pat on the back is not high on the list of priorities in Dutch speed skating school.